April/May Finales - Empire (Season 6)

Breaking up the #COVID-19-BINGE-FEST's it's time for a number of shows to retire for the year (or longer, pending the COVID-19 crisis) or for good. In this case for good, it's Empire's 18th episode of season six.

Season six has not been good, let's be clear. The show once Fox's jewel in the crown has been plagued by drama on and off the set.

Lee Daniels and Danny Strong created a ratings blockbuster back in 2015. The first 12 episode season was gold! The season at it's final episode concluded with just over 23 million viewers. Now sadly the show hovers around 4 million viewers.

The above figures include DVR viewers. Live viewers (even with COVID-19) it's a much worse number.



You can read an interview HERE after you have watched this episode, however if you want to save 43 minutes of your life, give this a miss.

From one of my favourite shows to a show that just hung around for WAY too long.

Honestly we did not need another two episodes, as per the original order of twenty episodes in the final season. This would be the first season to feature 20 episodes.

Instead we got the regular 18 thanks to COVID-19.

The final season has been a bit of a red hot mess in my books. Cookie Lyon was one of the best and most fierce characters on TV, however this show's curtain with not many of it's original fans still waiting around for the final bow.